The Penn Institute for Urban Research is hosting an expert-led discussion on what anchor institutions are and how they can transform the city at the neighborhood and city-wide scale. This is the second in a series of five lectures in the Philadelphia 360° Lecture Series at the Center for Architecture.

The discussion will be led by CEOs for Cities president and CEO Carol Coletta and CEOs for Cities member Hank Webber, Executive Vice President, Washington University, St. Louis and moderated by Ira Harkavy, Director, Netter Center for Community Partnerships.

The forum us open to the public.  Please register by November 26 by emailing penniur@pobox.upenn.edu.

December 1, 2008, 5:30 pm. Reception to follow.
Philadelphia 360° Lecture Series at the Center for Architecture
Anchor Institutions in Major Cities

Expert Bios:

Carol Coletta is president and CEO of CEOs for Cities and host and producer of the nationally syndicated public radio show Smart City. Previously, she served as executive director of the Mayors’ Institute on City Design, a partnership of the National Endowment for the Arts, U.S. Conference of Mayors and American Architectural Foundation. Ms. Coletta was a Knight Fellow in Community Building for 2003 at the University of Miami School of Architecture and is currently a candidate for a Master of Design Methods at the Institute of Design at IIT.  She is frequently interviewed as an expert on urban issues by national media and is an active speaker on the success formula for cities and creative communities. This year she was named one of the world’s 50 most important urban experts by a leading European think tank.

Henry S. Webber is Vice-President for Community and Government Affairs at the University of Chicago and Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Service Administration. In addition to his appointment in the School of Social Service Administration, Mr. Webber teaches at the Law School.  He has written widely on issues of community development, health care and education policy. Mr. Webber is the Chair of the Governing Board of the University of Chicago Charter School Corporation, Chair of the Oversight Board of the Chicago Consortium on School Research and Vice-President of the Board of Directors of Leadership Greater Chicago. He is a member of several boards of directors including: the Board of Directors of ShoreBank, the Fund for Community Redevelopment and Revitalization, the Metropolitan Planning Council and others. Mr. Webber has a BA from Brown University and an MPP from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Ira Harkavy is Associate Vice President and founding Director of the Barbara and Edward Netter Center for Community Partnerships, University of Pennsylvania. As such, Dr. Harkavy has helped pioneer service learning and academically-based community service courses as well as participatory action research projects that involve faculty and students from across the university. He has written and lectured widely on the history and current practice of urban university-community partnerships and strategies for integrating the university missions of teaching, research, and service. In addition to his action oriented work, Dr. Harkavy also teaches in the departments of history, urban studies, Africana studies, and city and regional planning.

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